[CQ-Contest] World Wide Digi DX Contest Results

[Edward Sawyer]

Hello David.  Froom everything observed in real practice with the typically unsophisticated masses of FT8 users, its dreaming to think that such rates will ever be achieved.  All current data points to the rates experienced.  The question was about "how was it" nit "what you hope it to be".  So "how was it, actually?"

As someone who is running most of the time, and not bandmap clicking, the experience is a world to actually be engaged with the participants, with my ears and brain.  I guess if someone's world in contesting is clicking on the bandmap, never actually verifying the call, and hitting a few function keys, then its not much different.  Thankfully, that's not my world of contesting.  IS it yours?

Ed  N1UR

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From: CQ-Contest [mailto:cq-contest-bounces+edwards=sbelectronics.com at contesting.com] On Behalf Of David Gilbert
Sent: Saturday, January 11, 2020 9:07 PM
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Subject: Re: [CQ-Contest] World Wide Digi DX Contest Results


The rates would be considerably higher, and the operating somewhat less 
confusing, if everyone operated FT4 instead of being spread across FT4 
and FT8.  If you have a steady string of callers on FT4 the theoretical 
maximum rate is 240 per hour, at least until you have to call CQ again.

And I'm not sure that mouse clicks on a WSJT-X screen are any different 
than mouse clicks on a CW or RTTY bandmap together with macro key 
presses on a keyboard.  Possibly you can explain what you see being the 
difference.

73,
Dave   AB7E


On 1/11/2020 5:26 PM, Edward Sawyer wrote:
> With the results in, I am curious as to the answer to this question.
>
> With 30 - 40 an hour rates over 24 hours and just looking at a computer screen and clicking mouses, was it fun?
>
> Ed  N1UR
>

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